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these will be very useful, thanks for sharing them

some more info, seems they were also on the corvairs https://www.corvair.org/chapters/lvcc/lvcc_newsletters/lvcc_2018_10_fifth_wheel.pdf

found a catalogue https://vintagewheelcatalogs.com/hands/

do you need some of these wheels? i've got loads of them somewhere. I thought they were trailer wheels or wellers, lol

you can fix stiff brushes by soaking them in dettol for a couple of days. its a decent paint stripper and after a rinse in clean water the brushes are good to go again. you will lose the handle paint but who needs it anyway. i think most of us have some in the medicine cupboards at home. but if you dont like the smell of dettol you can use la's tottaly awesome cleaner (also safe to use for stripping resin but its slow)

isn't the amt 1/25 scale and the tamiya 1/24?

you might find something in bookbinding supplies. most of the textured covers are just a thin sticker or glued on cover so they might work on a model with some care. these are already on paper backing but i expect it would come off if you soaked it in water. https://ratchford.co.uk/product-category/bookcloth-covering-materials/coated-papers/mayfair-leather-coated-paper/

shouldn't self be in the centre?

those are the responses. its like the facebook likes stuff. I;ll thank you for your post and you should get a trophy as the response.

cab offices are only open until 2pm, the gov cut their funding during the financial crisis and it never got given back so they went part time

them stripper mines sound more fun than they are,

chassis destroyed. gorrila epoxy is as trash as the rest of their garbage products. tried to clean off the useless unset epoxy and it fell apart. might be onto chassis number 4 or it might get thrown against a wall. just sick of wasting my time with nothing to show for 4 days

gorrila epoxy, been sitting for 36 hours and still not set, not stuck but it managed to destroymy chassis. it was well mixed and left for well over the 24 hours. what a waste of 4 days modelling, why sell a product that doesn't stick and call it a glue? i'd have been better off just spitting on it

unless it has a ferarri clutch it'll be no use on any farm i know

stick a r32 in that and you have a current build. upsize and 3 piece the rims on a set of bags and you'd set the internet on fire

So i said I had chopped up a mini truck chassis to fit this. Well after seeing "first love" built by troy trepanier, it now has the start of a third chassis though I'm not sure it can still be called a chassis as its closer to a monocoque now. The notch is for the lower part of the oil pan and it sits flush with the chassis bottom. I'll be making a mount in front the engine for the supercharger and it will double as the front suspension centre mount. I havent made the suspension arms yet but i think I'll do my best to make the front and rear arms match. I fully intend to have the floor blend into the chassis so I have incorporated some dips in the side that will make sense later. I havent started on the rear of the chassis but it will be a bit more standard style with a custom independant suspension. I've added all the pics from the start to a flickr album if you want to see them without watermarks I think i might have a plan to get the truck moving again too. If i remove 5 or 6mm from the bottom of the fenders and running boards it should be a fairly simple job to shape them similar to the car. It will only take a few hours to print out a set of matching rims and i have a cummins already built that should fill the bay nicely. I wont be going as mad as i am on the car, its a work truck after all so it doesn't need to be perfect paint or body and may even have a little patina. I need to get the car of the bench first though cos its packed full of stuff just now for multiple builds, lol

Very cool, i'll be following.

I'd be in for radwood, its the era that started being a car guy in and would be an excuse to use up some of the wilder bodykits. Just a pity there not more euro kits just for inspiration heres a fully 80s mk2 golf with a zender bodykit

I've been starting to think about the suspension for this. I want to stay independant on all 4 corners but i dont want anything too fussy looking. While looking for inspiration I came across troy trepanier's 36 ford https://radrides.com/builds/1936-ford/ I dont know much about how it was done as i cant find any build pics but it looks to be jaguar independant based, but with drum brakes instead of the discs. While i have some jag axles that would work, they jus wouldn't be custom enough and after seeing troy's set up I've decided to modify a quick change axle into a jaguar style independant unit. I'll probably be basing the front suspension of troy's design too as the mounts for it can also be supports for th front mounted blower. I think modifying the quick change will keep the theme of the build better than using a stock part would.

made a start on the rear fender trim,still not sure why i thought i should make it removable but it is what it is. Plenty more file work to go but at least the front fender trim is nice and simple

Have you tried spotmodel in spain. They often have extra parts for the nunu kits and one of them is the rothmans safari porsche. I got replacement parts for my r8 from them after i stood on the wing

Loads more bodywork done even thoug it looks about the same. I chucked a quick coat of gold on it to see where it needed work and its getting closer. Then that idea about cutting the roof off just wouldn't go away. I decided against the split window just to keep something off the original shape to it. The cut is a little rough as the saw wandered into one f the cuts from the original chop but it'll be an easy fix. Ater cutting the roof off, the back was barely holding its shape so I added the inner fenders and rear fenders to the body for strength. I've also filled the rear window because it was too low to the decklid area to remove.

I've got 2 printers in my front room where i spend most of my time. During the summer i have the windows open but in winter i dont. The only ventilation is from the kitchen extractor fan but its rarely running. I have copd/emphysema and it hasn't affected it so far. I do get sore heads from the alcohol wash but antiseptics do that to me as well. It may be different for other resins. I do wear gloves when handling unexposed/unwashed resin but thats it as far as safety stuff goes with me.